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85; govt, insurance commissioner, N. Z, 89-90; 

 assoc. actuary, N. Y. Life Ins. Co, 93-02. Dele- 

 gate from New Zealand to Int. Cong. Hygiene 

 and Demog, London, 91. M.A.A; Math. Soc; 

 Econ. Ass; Actuarial Soc; Acad. Polit. and 

 Social Sci; Gt. Britain and Ireland Inst, of 

 Actuaries; Royal Statist. Soc. Single elliptic 

 space; discrete manifolds; epistemology; theol- 

 ogy of American communistic societies; the 

 relation of pangeometry to the ultimate con- 

 stitution of matter and ether; logical affiliation 

 of continuous geometry to tactic; epistemolog- 

 ical aspect of time. Christian origins; the 

 synoptic problem; supernormal element in 

 prophecy. 



Franklin, Mrs. Christine Ladd, Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Md. *Psychology, Logic. 

 Windsor, Conn, Dec. 1, 47. A.B, Vassar, 69, 

 Hopkins, 78-82; Gottingen, 91-92; Berlin, 92, 

 94, 01. Assoc, ed, 'Diet. Philos. and Psychol'; 

 lecturer, Hopkins, 0k~ LL.D, Vassar, 87. 

 F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Psychol. Ass; Philos. Ass. 

 Psychology. Logic; color vision. 



Franklin, Prof. E(dward) C(urtis), Stanford Uni- 

 versity, Cal. * Chemistry. Geary City, Kas, 

 March 1, 62. B.S, Kansas, 88, M.S, 90; Ber- 

 lin, 90-91; Ph.D, Hopkins, 94. Asst. chem, 

 Kansas, 89-94, assoc. prof, 94-99, prof, physical 

 chem, 99-03; assoc. prof. org. chem, Stanford, 

 03- Chemist, sugar plantations, Donaldsonville, 

 La; gold mine, Miramar, Costa Rica, 97. F.A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Kas. Acad; Chem. Gesell. Liquid 

 ammonia as an electrolytic solvent. 



Franklin, Dr. Fabian, 220 W. Monument St, Balti- 

 more, Md. *Mathematics. Eger, Hungary, 

 Jan. 18, 53. Ph.B, Columbian, 69; fellow, 

 Hopkins, 77-79, Ph.D, 80. Assoc, later assoc. 

 prof, and prof, math, Hopkins, 79-95 ; ed, ' Bal- 

 timore Neios,' 95- LL.D, Columbian, 04. 

 Math. Soc; assoc. fel. Am. Acad. Geometry; 

 invariants. 



Franklin, Prof. W(illiam) S(uddards), South 

 Bethlehem, Pa. *Physics. Geary City, Kas, 

 Oct. 27, 63. B.S, Kansas, 87, M.S, 88; Sc.D, 

 Cornell, 01. Asst. prof, physics, Kansas, 87- 

 90; prof, physics and elec. eng, Icwa State, 92- 

 97; Lehigh, 97-03, physics, 03- Mem. Jury of 

 Awards, Nat. Export Expos, Phila; Pan-Am. 

 Expos, 01. F.A.A. (sec'y, B, 98, v. pres, 02); 

 Physical Soc; Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; 

 hon. mem. Kas. Acad. Elementary physics; 

 alternating currents; motion of the ether near 

 moving bodies; Poynting's theorem. 



Franz, Dr. S(hepherd) I(vory), Waverley, Mass. 

 * Physiology, Psychology. Jersey City, N. J, 

 May 27, 74. A.B, Columbia, 94, fellow, 95-97; 

 Leipzig, 96; Ph.D, Columbia, 99. Asst. 

 psychol, Columbia, 97-99; physiol, Harvard 

 Med. Sch, 99-01 ; instr. physiol. and med. phys- 

 ics, Med. Sch, Dartmouth, 01-04; pathological 

 physiologist, McLean Hosp. for Insane, 0^- 

 Research asst, Carnegie Inst. Soc. Nat; 

 Physiol. Soc; Psychol. Ass. Vision; fatigue; 

 brain localization; sensory and motor condi- 

 tions in insane; aphasia. Functions of the 



cerebrum in mammals; physiological and psy- 

 chological conditions in insanity. 



Fraps, Dr. G(eorge) S(tronach), College Station, 

 Tex. Chemistry. Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 9, 76. 

 B.S, N. C. Agr. and Mech. Col, 96; fellow, Hop- 

 kins, 98-99, Ph.D, 99. Asst. chem, N. C. Agr. 

 and Mech. Col, 95-96, asst. prof, 99-03, asst. 

 chemist, N. C. Exp. Sta, 99-03; Tex. Exp. Sta, 

 03-04, assoc. chemist, 04-05, acting chemist, 

 05-, assoc. prof, chem, Tex. Agr. and Mech. Col, 

 04-05, acting prof, 05- M.A.A; Chem. Soc; 

 Ass. Off. Agr. Chemists; Chem. Gesell. Agri- 

 cultural chemistry. Nitrification. 



Frazer, Dr. J(oseph) C(hristie) W(hitney), 1217 

 Madison Ave, Baltimore, Md. Chemistry. 

 Lexington, Kv, Oct. 30, 75. B.S, Ky. State, 97, 

 M.S, 98; Ph.D, Hopkins, 01. Asst. chem, Ky. 

 State, 97-98; asst, Chem. Dept, Ky. Agr. Exp. 

 Sta, 98 ; asst. chem, Hopkins, 02- Carnegie 

 research asst. Osmotic pressure. 



Frazer, Dr. Persifor, 928 Spruce St, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. Geology, Chemistry. Philadelphia, July 

 24, 44. A.B, Pennsylvania, 62, A.M, 65; Chem. 

 Lab, Booth and Garrett, 65-66; Bergakad, Frei- 

 berg, 66-69; Nat. Sc.D, Lille, 82. Asst, U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. (Hayden), 69-70; instr. chem, 

 Pennsylvania, 70-71, asst. prof, 71-72, prof. 

 72-74; asst, Second Pa. Geol. Surv, 74-82; prof. 

 chem, Franklin Inst, 82-94; hort. chem, Pa. 

 Hort. Soc, 89- Co-editor, 'Am. Geologist.' 

 Officier de l'lnstruction Pub, 90. Int. Geol. 

 Cong, (sec'y, Am. Committee, 85-89, v. pres, 

 London, 88, St. Petersburg, 97). F.A.A. (repre- 

 sentative, Can. Royal Soc. Inaug, 85) ; Geol. 

 Soc; Min. Eng. (v. pres, 83) ; Philos. Soc. 

 (sec'y, 95-98) ; Pa. Hort. and Hist. Societies; 

 Franklin Inst, (assoc. ed, 'Jour,' 82-84); cor. 

 N. Y. Acad; Soc. Cient. Ant. Alz; British Ass; 

 Soc. Geol. du Nord; cor. Vienna Reichsanstalt ; 

 hon. mem Soc. Beige de Geol. Change of the 

 moon's color at sunset; classification of coals; 

 eruptive and crystalline rocks; characteristic 

 tremors of the hand in writing; physical anal- 

 ysis by color prisms; effect of combustion 

 products on vegetation. 



Frear, Prof. William, State College, Pa. *Agri- 

 cultural chemistry. Reading, Pa, March 24, 

 60. A.B, Bucknell, 81; Harvard; Ph.D, 

 Ills. Wesleyan, 83. Asst. nat. science, Buck- 

 nell, 81-83; asst. chemist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 83- 

 85 ; asst. prof. agr. chem. Pa. State, 85-86, prof, 

 86-; v. director and chemist, Pa. State Col. 

 Exp. Sta, 87-; chemist, Pa. State Board of Agr, 

 88- In charge chem. work, State Fertilizer 

 Control, 88-; chemist, Dept. Agr. Pa, 95-96; 

 chemist to state dairy and food commissioner, 

 95-; chemist, State Cattle Food Control, 02-; 

 special agent, U. S. Dept. Agr, 01. F.A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Ass. Off. Agr. Chemists (pres, 97, 

 chairman, Committee on Food Standards) ; 

 Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. (sec'y, 93-95, pres, 03-04) ; 

 Ass. Agr. Col. (v. pres.) ; Chem. Gesell. Com- 

 position of cattle foods, soils and fertilizers; 

 composition of vinegar; culture of tobacco; fer- 

 tilizer effects of lime; digestibility of cattle 



